Strike Superfluous Words from Your Writing
“Make every word tell”: this sound advice from The Elements of Style speaks not …
“Make every word tell”: this sound advice from The Elements of Style speaks not …
Good composition includes slashing all needless words from your business writing. But to do that, you …
There’s nothing virtual about superfluous words, even if they do seem to creep into our …
Physically ripping a page to eliminate needless words is admittedly a drastic measure. Instead, we …
One word is like one drop – its impact is greater when surrounded by less …
Yes, even long-standing expressions, the darlings of speech, can be substituted for simpler discourse. If …
If you’re asked, “Would you like the minestrone soup with that?”, you wouldn’t be …
Snipping thread, trimming hair … both lead to good results. It’s the same with cutting entire phrases from …